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Tech firms in UK must have plan for illegal content spikes during crises like Southport: regulatorBritish tech firms must now have crisis response plans for surges in illegal online content, following the 2024 Southport riots. Regulator ...- UN head says social media, AI fuelling 'worst human impulses'UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that unchecked social media and AI amplify hate speech, leading to violence. He highlighted th...
- BAPS Swaminarayan Temple vandalised in New York, Indian Consulate raises issue with USThe Consulate General of India in New York has condemned the vandalism of the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Melville, urging US law enforceme...
- Anti-racism protesters rally across UKThousands of anti-racism demonstrators across the UK rallied on Saturday in response to recent far-right rioting linked to the Southport kn...
- Israel-Hamas war: 'Dire' disinformation spreads globallyAs the war in Middle East intensifies, social media has been able to spread disinformation around the country. The conflict, which has kill...
- Haryana violence: Govt forms committee to monitor social media platformsThe committee has been formed in the wake of communal violence in Nuh. According to an order issued on Thursday by Additional Chief Secreta...
- Facebook and Hun Sen: Cambodia election tests content moderationIn the days following a Jan. 9 speech by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen broadcast live on Facebook, in which he threatened opposition mem...
- Plummeting stocks, regulatory concerns: all’s not well with Big TechAlleged breaches of privacy, excessive data sharing and anti-competitive practices have drawn attention – and pushback – from regulators ar...
- Preventing citizen from voicing opinion against law violates right to free speech: Sonia, Rahul tell HCPreventing a citizen from expressing a bonfide opinion against any bill or law passed by Parliament is violative of the right to free speec...
- Former judges, bureaucrats defend Modi govt in an open letterA group of former judges and bureaucrats has issued a rejoinder to another ex-bureaucrats' group, which expressed concerned about "politics...
- Apocalypse of hatred, bigotry, intolerance, untruth engulfing country: Sonia Gandhi"An apocalypse of hatred, bigotry, intolerance and untruth is engulfing our country today. If we don't stop it now, it will -- if it alread...
- Government seeks details of Facebook's algorithms, processes amid hate speech allegations: SourcesThe Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeITY) is learnt to have sought a clarification from the platform following recent revelations by whist...
- India seeks info on tech, processes used by FacebookThe missive follows recent revelations by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen that have "alarmed" the government, specifically with regar...
- Bangladesh arrests hundreds for violence against HindusAuthorities have filed 71 cases in connection with the violence during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, a Bangladesh police spokesman said...
- Shashi Tharoor's plan to summon Facebook before House panel over hate speech report stirs rowHis comments fuelled a row with BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleging that the chairman of the committee did not have the authority to act withou...
- Delhi violence: US urges India to 'protect and respect' right to peaceful assemblyThe Comments came as Delhi this week witnessed worst riots in more than three decades, killing 38 people and injuring 200 others.The commun...
- Centre asks states to appoint nodal officer, task force to check lynchingThe advisory has been sent to the states and Union territories following a Supreme Court directive issued in this regard on July 17.
- India asks UNSC to finalise global convention on terrorismIndia has said the multiple terror attacks in Paris and Beirut highlight the urgent need to finalise a global convention on terrorism.
- BJP and SP spar over communal clashesMulayam Singh charged the BJP with fuelling communal tension in Uttar Pradesh as he downplayed the recent riots in Mujaffarnagar and Sahara...
- Working with govt to remove hateful content, say Facebook, GoogleThe govt has ordered ban of 310 webpages charging that morphed images and videos were uploaded displaying alleged atrocities on minorities.
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